Cutter for cord, twine, thread, and the like



June 17.1924. 1,498,081

E. M. EEVARTS CUTTER FOR CORD, TWINE, THREAD, AND THE LIKE Filed Nov.19. 1923 2 I: VENTOR ,1 7;

I I I Y9 n '1' JQJ ATTORNEY Patented June 17, 1924.

* uni-renal sures: BAT-Eur EVARTS, OF 'YORK', N.

I Y., ASSIGNQR BYMESNE-ASSIGNIQENTSgTO Kora-3on1) irortronn'rroiv, or.NEW YORK,;1\T.'Y,, Aconrorm'nortorapa'w YQRZK;

CUTTER FORCORD, TWINE, THIREADpANDzTEZE Application filed November9,1923. smart. 675,451

TQQZZ, whom it may concern:

itknownthat I, EDWARD M. EvAii'rs, a 1

citizenoifzthe United.;Statcs,-and a resident,

of the borough of Manhattan, ,city,.county, 5 and-State of .New- York,have invented an Improvement: in, Cutters for Cord,.Twine,

. ,Thread, andtheLike, of which the follow; p

- d, by reterenee iares er- Q-MThs a i-ms ing isa specification.v I I.My, present invention relates to cuttersfon 10 cord, twine, thread andthe like, and aims to. provide devices of the general characterspecified, above, which vwill ,be. very simple. in., gconstructio n,consisting of-rfew parts; which ,be, readily, conveniently. l andcheaply. fabricated; which will be easyv to, assemble Pandas easy. todisassemble for 1'83; pair: or replacement ofuanyl of=.the'. parts 1thereof; which shall easilyand conveniently, permit 1 the, desiredoperatioir of, cutting the,

cord, tw.in e,lthreadior the like to be per;

rm d; a dh c all po sess ;0- '-3 n 1 n agesr w s m i e mqd 10 Assem ly,

and operation subsequentlyset} ,itorth in, v

' v 33 orl-ens emt ttlw l aiethetrt ia eia er $39? 1 met-r greaterdetailherein.. g 1 v the accompanying specification :I fsllallf;describe, and in the anncxedrlragwing,show,j an illustrative. embodimentof the present-in vention. It is, however,- to be. clearly; understoodthat my invention is not limited to the specifieembodiment thereofherein shown and described .for. purposes of illu s-, vtration only..Referring to the drawing, wherein Ihave, shown the aforesaidillustrative embodiment 35 of'thepresent inventionz,

-Fig. -1 is a side elevation of the device entirely assembledwith thelocking members for the cuttingmember and anvil secured in position; and

Fig.2 is a sin'iilarview showing the cutting member. and ganvil inposition withint-he supporting frame, but without the locking. membersforlthe same. i Referring to the-aforesaid, illustrative embodimentofthe presentinvention, and more particularly. to the drawingillustrating the .same, 10. indicates.vgenerally the support ingframegcomprising the main bodyportion of, the device asza whole. Thissupporting frame comprisesa base onstandardll which, may be providedwith the apertures .127for permitting the passage therethrough ofscrews; or, other fasteningl devices, not here deemed necessary to beshown, for attaching the device to any suitable support, such asemwunter g e likee {EhefremelO-i pr ded;- W- t x ls: ii 'r .qe and saten; e lyj e e e fi ms '0 amt-21,.-p e,,; u 1ia h r 2% r e rstti i beeiitin a i-.- e ge e a ly mammary: eernpe-,-el a 9 we Beam-i t iepthessewswe for ,se r tt na th -seal et erealnd e? rm-l 29,11 pr ie a ar-Prep.

' hatl egretep'q rrel "O uttieeg aembe' leewa meme/via, re tyfqqte attaeai in al aem R ra h- PBI-W 2 atre e xi t flap/er: tures 37 of ,tl' emember, .58, which e v -m le ia l theee t e; laceon 1' he, rfame 29 :9:means; f", the screws or, qu er, m '1br -s9.,n; i be te hat the 1,06 t'peeembe 3. provided the out-away, portion; 3,8,', so r n d s fle eosste i ittii r t -1 sm i* beef bheweamemh i1 ,40 s. emer hmrm 21 in, adepression 4, 1 in' the f 9.11 121, endjin; a cor;

r spo ding eprese qn Q59 n e ace a of the evkins-zm mh rz 513 vhihalocld g: member erves; totpositioii; and retain the; anvil AQ .inplace in ;the, device, I The depres v sionsla dlQ oi the 'a I L- l emihe; lo k:

s mona r en 1 Bless a RriJisFQQWh Glr c t pres e-a vi AO lw dsihel-si t2 g in h l. r ngel some fiethe, maybe, of theeutting' member, 30, Eorthis,

purpose a Spy ng o fztheldfi i ffi z t sieii may, 1 lit.

K 8 i paratively easy, but so as to assure, at the same time, enoughcutting pressure of the no mber 30 n p Preferabl the slot 4L8 increasesin "erg E g the parts in proper position wheirthe device is assembled.

" The anvil mayhaive any desired shape,

b'u't preferably has'the shape shown inFigs.

1 "and'2 of the drawing. As shown, theanvil' "40 comprises 1 main bodyportion; rear edge of which the spring 40- rvea garas i fi eferencdcharacter47, and'is provided with a isletv fo rf receiving andestering we "cutting: edge-31hr 32; as

theca'se 'nisy'te, or the cutting member 30.1

er parties tbfth lower'edge 49 from the qoffthe a'r'iv l 40. f'Tlie'.'inclinatio11 of thefslot 48 "should preferably be such that whenthe L cutting Emeinbeif 3Q "and. the anvil" 4Q are Y assembled in'j-pro'per I relation with respect w eath omen-t e inner edge or theslot 1 or eats thegca m y b tire-seaming m mber 30J In this position'ofthe cuttingifiiiembei' sound the -'a1'1v11-40-,"

ciittin gear hes rembe sogbemg' eer: tioned fwithiniand"pr'oteetedbyth'e groove 48 4:0, wing-"such {cutting edge substaIi't'iaillyparallel, already" indicated,

flhei, mann r of a s sembling uredevice asscribed 'above"will besubstantially clear from the foregoing"Ydescription. The

manner ofusingfthdde'vice'will likewise be substantially 'clear' fromthe foregoing description and m y briefly summarized as followsi-Thecord, twine, thread or the like edge of said cutting member. Y

2. In a cutter for cord, twine, thread and desired to be .cut .orsevered by vthe device of the present invention is. passed with aquiclndownward movement into the 'slot 22.

As a result of this downward movement it is broughtinto operativecutting 'or severing contactwith the exposed portion of that edge of thecutting member 30 which is in operative-position, infthe presentinstance the cutting e dge 32." It will be noted that the'c rd, twine,thread or the like being cut or severedwill come into' contact with theoperativej'cutting edge of thel'member 30'' at a pointsubstantiallybelow the uppermost "ointlof suchcuttingedge," and will be gu ded intooperative cutting. or severing contact with the upper rounded portionof.yalinelnent swith the aper-v depth 1 {Thenppermost point of theoperative; cutting edge of the cuttingl"member is-protected and enclosedby the inclined position of the cutting member with respect; to;,- .-the

arm 20 supporting, the same, as more clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawing. By means of the-spring 42 the desired degree of cutting orsevering pressure is exerted upon the cord, twine-, -thread or the likebeing cut or severed. The spring 42 gives the anvil 40 the desiredresiliency and thus -facilitates the cutting jor' severing. operationand results in'a much'cleaner job than wouldotherwise be accomplished.

The ja'dvantag'es of follows: By means ofthe construction (dehe' deviceof the pres-'1 entinventio'n inioperation and use will besubstantiallyclear from the foregoing"de'--; scription and maybe brieflysummari'z'edas" veniently and cleanlycdone'withaminimum" of efi'ortl'.The operative cutting -"edge,- "as' well as the 'inoperativecuttingiedgeofjthe cutting'amember, is properly protected sons;

to minimize any chance that ajpe'rsonim tending to use the device" oractually using the samewill be injured by the sharp cutting edges of thef cutting member; 5 The device itself is exceedingly simplein'"construction, easyito'assemble and disassemble-"f6r='rep'airj or''repla'cementof any ofits "parts, is"neat' andattractive in vappearance, and possesses other advantages in construction; operationand use which will be-fappa'rent-to thoseskilled in" the; mtawhieh-fthe' present in'vention"relates. I v

What 'Iflclalm as my invention is? In a cutter for cord, twine, threadand acutting member. and an opposed;

the like, grooved anvil, the opposed edges of said cutting member andanvil being inclined with respect to each other, the groove of 3 saidanvil increasing in depth to correspond to the inclination of said anviland cutting member as said opposed edges'approach each other andaccommodating the cutting EDWARD M. EvA R s.

